Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 585 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Beat by beat): Open your mouth, keep a steady pace and finish every word ending. Warm up with tongue twisters. Clap the syllables: speech (1), speak·er (2), mi·cro·phone (3), pre·sen·ta·tion (4), pro·nun·ci·a·tion (5). Silent letters: k in knife and knee, w in write and two, b in climb and debt, t in listen and castle, h in honest and hour, l in calm and talk, g in sign.

1. 1.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) g
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) island (c) aisle (d) receipt
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) sword (c) rhino (d) doubt
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) sign (c) lamb (d) aisle
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) lamb (c) knob (d) wrap
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
17. 17.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) t
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) s
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) listen (c) lamb (d) wrist
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
25. 25.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) crumb (c) design (d) folk
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) foreign (b) reign (c) cupboard (d) crumb
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) island (c) listen (d) cupboard
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) raspberry (c) talk (d) climb
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) p (c) w (d) k
33. 33.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) g
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) t
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) s

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